Natural       Crude birth    Crude death    Natural
                          Average             Live birthsDeaths          change          rate                rate             change
                        population                                                            (per 1,000)  (per 1,000)      (per 1,000)
1985143,033,000         2,375,1471,625,266749,88116.611.45.2
1986144,156,000         2,485,9151,497,975987,94017.210.46.9
1987145,386,000         2,499,9741,531,585968,38917.210.56.7
1988146,505,000         2,348,4941,569,112779,38216.010.75.3
1989147,342,000         2,160,5591,583,743576,81614.710.73.9
1990147,969,000         1,988,8581,655,993332,86513.411.22.3
1991148,394,000         1,794,6261,690,657103,96912.111.40.7
1992148,538,000         1,587,6441,807,441-219,79710.712.2-1.5
1993148,459,000         1,378,9832,129,339-750,3569.314.3-5.1
1994148,408,000         1,408,1592,301,366-893,2079.515.5-6.0
1995148,376,000         1,363,8062,203,811-840,0059.214.9-5.7
1996148,160,000         1,304,6382,082,249-777,6118.814.1-5.2
1997147,915,000         1,259,9432,015,779-755,8368.513.6-5.1
1998147,671,000         1,283,2921,988,744-705,4528.713.5-4.8
1999147,215,000         1,214,6892,144,316-929,6278.314.6-6.3
2000146,597,000         1,266,8002,225,332-958,5328.615.2-6.5
2001145,976,000         1,311,6042,254,856-943,2529.015.4-6.5
2002145,306,000         1,396,9672,332,272-935,3059.616.1-6.4
2003144,566,000         1,477,3012,365,826-888,52510.216.4-6.1
2004143,821,000         1,502,4772,295,402-792,92510.416.0-5.5
2005143,114,000         1,457,3762,303,935-846,55910.216.1-5.9
2006142,487,000         1,479,6372,166,703-687,06610.415.2-4.8
2007142,115,000         1,610,1222,080,445-470,32311.314.6-3.3
2008141,956,000         1,713,9472,075,954-362,00712.114.6-2.6
2009141,909,000         1,761,6872,010,543-248,85612.414.2-1.8
2010 (p)142,938,285         1,788,9482,028,516-239,56812.514.2-1.7
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